All posts tagged Remembrance Day
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November 11, 2011, 24 Comments
Today is Remembrance Day in many countries. But Switzerland has no Remembrance Day as it has nothing to remember.
My Swiss Remembrance Day
November 12, 2010, 1 Comment
Yesterday was Remembrance Day in many countries, even if locally it was called Armistice Day, Veterans Day or Poppy Day. As I explained in my post y ...
11th November: a date (not) to remember
November 11, 2010, 17 Comments
For the last week or so I’ve been wearing a poppy. If you’re reading this in Britain then that statement may sound rather mundane.
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Swiss election results: xenophobia 0 commonsense 1
October 24, 2011, 31 Comments -
Dead famous in Switzerland
September 15, 2010, 30 Comments -
A beginner’s guide to Swissness
June 4, 2010, 28 Comments -
Meet Homo helveticus
October 3, 2011, 26 Comments -
A writer’s dream: giving up the day job
May 13, 2011, 24 Comments
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The medieval delights of St Ursanne
June 11, 2013, No comments -
Catching the Slow Train to Switzerland
June 4, 2013, No comments -
Expat Expo is back in Basel
May 25, 2013, No comments -
A vote to the death in Bern
May 10, 2013, 1 Comment -
Swiss prices give me indigestion
May 4, 2013, 9 Comments
